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From: backstro@silver.bacs.indiana.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Need hebohelp with PrProgramming gr
Message-ID: <18700021@silver>
Date: 2 Feb 88 06:53:00 GMT
Organization: Indiana University BACS, Bloomington
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Nf-From: silver.bacs.indiana.edu!backstro    Feb  2 01:53:00 1988


	After wading through several C books, and feeling completely
lost, a book entitled "LEARNING C programming GRAPHICS on the AMIGA and
ATARI ST" really caught my eye.  Here was a book that got into
the interesting stuff right in the begining - to keep the readers
interest, while still being simple enough for someone who in
the past has basically just spoken several dialects of basic to understand
whats going on (yes, I know I should have learned PASCAL or something
of the sort before leaping into C...a bit late for that now...).

After typing in the program "machine.c" (the machine specific program
which allows you to run the programs in the book on the ST or Amiga simply
by linking the program to the end of any of your programs), I attempted
to compile it.  I was surprised that very few erros were encountered.
After about 10 minutes all but one of these errors was fixed (typos..the
program in the book is HOPEFULLY fine).  Then ensued my 6 hour long
battle with that ONE line!  For some reason I just couldn't figure
out what is wrong with it.  The line is 95, and it is a "{"...its in
the function "exit_graphics".  I tried all kinds of things - including
checking the syntax of the entire program a couple times.  I searched
out every occurance of the "exit_graphics" function, and all seemed fine.
Although I can't remember the exact error, it was something
to do with "external object mismatch error".  
I somehow got the idea of replacing every occurance of "exit_graphics"
with "quit_graphics", and strangly enough the program compiled correctly.
Unfortunatly it still would not work...

Anyway, I am going to send off my $16.00 to get the programs in the book
on a disk tommorow, but I would really like to continue learning C....
Is there ANY chance someone could mail me the Amiga version
of "machine.c" in the above mentioned book - published by Compute?
The book won't be here for 4-5 weeks, and I really want to dig into the
C!  I also have Rob Peck's book, but I am planning on using that
once I have finished this book...(and I WILL send my money in for the
disk for Peck's book...I just don't need it yet, and I'm real short on
cash...)


Thanks!!

My dreams, they are as empty
as my conscience seems to be...  -The Who